Where did the knowledge go?

Janet and I are Instructional Designers at TIAA-CREF. Each year we are engaged in training hundreds of financial consultants and advisors. Many companies are facing the same challenges as TIAA-CREF: training the gamer generation. This article is an eye opener. It came out around the same time as “Teaching Facts With Fun, Online Games”.

“The U.S. Government may face a true workforce crisis, as many of its employees will soon be retiring. The U.S. General Accounting Office reports that between 1999 and 2006, the following percentage of employees would be eligible for retirement:

• 50 percent of the Agency for International Development
• 45 percent of the Department of State
• 41 percent of the Department of Transportation and National Science Foundation
• 40 percent of the Social Security Administration”.

Taken from: The Maturing Workforce – Managing the Crisis Before It Hits By Eric Lesser http://www.learningcircuits.org/2006/January/

Here is an IBM report on the maturing work force.http://www-03.ibm.com/industries/government/doc/content/bin/Maturing_Workforce_IBM1291_07_FINAL.pdf